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New York Times Crossword July 12 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword July 12 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 72 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"That was fun!"WHATABLAST10Across1 Actress Diana of "All Creatures Great and Small" (2020)RIGG4Across11 One might start fermenting in the kitchenHOMEBREWER10Across15 Classic Langston Hughes poem with a comma in its titleITOO4Across16 It features high wind movementsOBOESONATA10Across17 Latin for "goodbye"VALE4Across18 What might be seen around a starPOSSE5Across19 Shape of Saturn's ringsDISC4Across20 Star of TV and film who wrote the memoir "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned"ALDA4Across21 Spot for newborn careNEST4Across22 Awards honoring excellence in magazine publishingELLIES6Across24 Earth's crust and othersSTRATA6Across26 Shade akin to bone or eggshellECRU4Across30 "No preference"ANY3Across32 Snobby sortPRIG4Across33 Bring up to date, perhapsREDO4Across34 Terms of a tradeLINGO5Across36 With 8-Down, like the upcoming release from one's favorite bandEAGERLY7Across38 Quinta of "Abbott Elementary"BRUNSON7Across40 Lose, as a tailEVADE5Across42 Build upRISE4Across43 Its official languages are Chamorro and EnglishGUAM4Across45 "Dese ___ Dose" (Glenn Miller composition)DEM3Across46 Mideast port with a natural harborADEN4Across47 FaintFEEBLE6Across49 Smith who was the first woman to receive the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Career Excellence AwardCLAIRE6Across51 Symbol of defiance and solidarityFIST4Across53 Period enderHORN4Across55 WasteBLOW4Across56 Member of a sub-Saharan matriarchal clanHYENA5Across58 Big ones can be difficult to manageEGOS4Across63 One tirelessly making calls ahead of Election DayROBODIALER10Across64 ___ Sea, body of water between Borneo and the PhilippinesSULU4Across66 Convention challengerICONOCLAST10Across67 LookSEEM4Across68 Adjunct faculty?SIXTHSENSE10Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SmackWHOP4Down1 Kind of spider believed to spread to distant areas via railwayHOBO4Down2 Biblical prophet whom Martin Luther King Jr. referred to as "an extremist for justice" in his "Letter From Birmingham Jail"AMOS4Down3 Youth baseball supportersTEES4Down4 Skipping music, sayABSENT6Down5 "Amigo!"BRO3Down6 Spots, so to speakLENDS5Down7 See 38-AcrossAWAITED7Down8 Staging areasSETS4Down9 Detective, at timesTRACER6Down10 Sooner, to a LonghornRIVAL5Down11 Order that might include mortadella and capicolaITALIANSUB10Down12 First score during extra time in sudden-death soccerGOLDENGOAL10Down13 "I'm ready, but be nice"GOEASYONME10Down14 Rap's ___ SweatshirtEARL4Down23 DoozyLULU4Down25 Rush to find a mate?SPEEDCHESS10Down26 Many a book by Paul TherouxTRAVELOGUE10Down27 Series of hoops and hurdlesRIGAMAROLE10Down28 Went from 0 to 60?AGED4Down29 Cylindrical grain holdersCOBS4Down31 Jane who says "Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation"EYRE4Down35 Kansas-born playwright with a PulitzerINGE4Down37 BunsREAR4Down39 Enforcers of rules, informallyREFS4Down41 Fixed-format summary of an article, as on WikipediaINFOBOX7Down44 WasteDEBRIS6Down48 Important subject in law schoolETHICS6Down50 "What it boils down to is this …"INSUM5Down52 [stomps foot down]IWONT5Down54 SpotsLOCI4Down57 Law school for Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Sonia SotomayorYALE4Down59 ZipELAN4Down60 Wit's end?NESS4Down61 Las pinturas de Frida Kahlo, por ejemploARTE4Down62 "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say ___" ("The Simpsons" episode)DOH3Down65

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.